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Jennifer Habley CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) seeks statements from school districts, universities, education service centers or others interested in hosting a satellite site of the AASL 2012 Fall Forum. If interested, parties should submit a one-page Statement of

CHICAGO- The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more informative and engaging websites to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links to exceptional websites for

Laura Schulte-Cooper Program Officer, Communications lschulte@ala.org CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more sites to Great Websites for Kids, its online resource featuring hundreds of links to exceptional

Laura Schulte-Cooper Program Officer, Communications lschulte@ala.org CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more sites to Great Websites for Kids, its online resource containing hundreds of links to exceptional

Laura Schulte-Cooper CHICAGO- Great Websites for Kids (GWS) (www.ala.org/greatsites), the Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) online website directory, has been completely redesigned. The updated site boasts a fresh and colorful kid-friendly look and interactive social media

CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is expanding the educational reach of its biennial Fall Forum by offering registrants the opportunity to attend via one of four satellite sites. AASL’s national institute, “Transliteracy and the School Library Program,” will take place

Laura Schulte-Cooper CHICAGO- The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has added more recommended websites to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links to outstanding

Laura Schulte-Cooper CHICAGO-- The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has added recommended Web sites to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links to outstanding Web

Laura Schulte-Cooper Program Officer, Communications lschulte@ala.org CHICAGO —The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more sites to Great Websites for Kids, the online resource featuring hundreds of links to exceptional

Jennifer Habley Manager, Web Communications jhabley@ala.org CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will once again host a hybrid presentation of its biennial national institute, the Fall Forum, in 2014. As part of the presentation, three or four satellite sites across the

“While deciding that libraries can double as disaster centers could allow for some sensible efficiencies in facing certain scale disasters, the idea could also be criticized as being a piece with the across-the-board, general and extreme reductions of soc ...

“We only had two in the house, an illustrated Old Testament and volume 1 of Encyclopaedia Britannica. I was well versed in everything from ‘aardvark’ to ‘azimuth,’ but little else. The public library became a sort of refuge.” Sting, singer-songwriter, on ...

We need to think of it, really, as a kind of center for the study of George Washington. Anybody writing anything on Washington or his era—we want them to feel like they need to come here. DOUGLAS BRADBURN, director, Fred W. Smith National Library for the ...

The Caldecott changed my life. It meant that I would not have to work in an office again. I would be able to work at books I loved in my own home without worrying too much about paying the rent. Artist Nonny Hogrogian, reflecting on her 1966 Caldecott Awa ...

Advances in science and technology have improved the ability of the health care system to treat diseases, yet the sheer volume of new discoveries stresses the capabilities of the system to effectively generate and manage knowledge and apply it to regular ...

"Physical libraries need to model themselves on museums, galleries, and important cultural and historical institutions—a place to see real and beautiful books. Look how popular the British Library has become. There will always be a market for nostalg ...

“ I decided to stop returning library books this year. I think I wanted to do things that I was uncomfortable with, step outside my artistic comfort zone, have a fearless year.” Singer-songwriter EZRA FURMAN, discussing the inspiration for the title of hi ...